WALLABIES skipper James Horwill noted the importance of winning their only home Bledisloe Test of 2013 on the eve of their clash against the All Blacks at ANZ Stadium, but he overlooked his teams horror run on their own turf.

The Wallabies have lost six of their past seven Tests at the Homebush ground stretching back to 2009, including their previous three against the All Blacks.

The woefully poor record has flown under the radar in preparations for this Test, but is yet another statistic that counts against a Wallabies side that has not won a game in New Zealand since 2001.

With the remaining two Bledisloe Cup Tests to be played in Wellington and Dunedin, Australia has a mountain of history to climb to regain the trophy they last held in 2002.

“We’re playing at home, that’s always an advantage,” Horwill said.

“We know how tough it is to win in New Zealand so we have to make the most of playing on our home patch.

“We have two games against New Zealand in New Zealand so that makes this game that little bit more critical.

“It is on our home turf and you have to win your home games in these competitions to try to succeed.”

Unfortunately ANZ Stadium has not been kind to them, with the Wallabies suffering an embarrassing record loss against the British & Irish Lions in their last appearance there.

Another humiliating outing was the 2011 boilover against Samoa, who won their first ever Test against the Wallabies with a 32-23 romp.

However, neither Horwill or halfback Will Genia are perturbed by the history books as they begin a new era under coach Ewen McKenzie.

“The thing I find is that I don’t really care that we haven’t won it for the last 10 years, or that we didn’t win it last year, it’s a new year,” Genia said.

“Even if we did win it last year, you still have to front up and play well and win it again this year.

“The best thing about this competition is that those trophies go on the line every year.

“I’m looking forward to the opportunity of playing the All Blacks and playing well and hopefully winning.”

Horwill added: “History is history, there’s nothing we can do about it.

“We have to take the confidence and belief we have in this team. We’ve picked players who’ve been playing well in Super Rugby and guys that have been playing some of these guys in their team as recently as two weeks ago. We have to worry about putting our best foot forward and not worry about what’s happened in the past, how long it’s been since we’ve won the trophy or things like that.

“I think there’s certainly a new confidence, a refreshing start. A new coach brings in new ideas and there’s certainly an understanding of how we want to play.

“It’s very easy to say these things when you haven’t actually played a game and we’ll see where we sit after Saturday night, because we get to put it all into practice then.”

Wallabies recent record at ANZ Stadium

July 6, 2013: LOST 41-16 to British & Irish LionsAugust 18, 2012: LOST 24-19 to New ZealandJuly 23, 2011: WON 39-20 against South AfricaJuly 17, 2011: LOST 32-23 to SamoaSeptember 11, 2010: LOST 23-22 to New ZealandJune 19, 2010: LOST 21-20 to EnglandAugust 22, 2009: LOST 19-18 to New Zealand

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